Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. SINTEF has now designed and manufactured new measuring equipment for model testing of contra-rotating propellers. This could be good ...

Combination of carbon, glass and epoxy resin produces a strong replacement for nickel/aluminum/bronze metal, the current propeller standard. Damage-tolerant reinforcing fabric strengthens highly ...

Wärtsilä introduced the FPP Opti Design, a new fixed pitch propeller (FPP) design concept. According to Wärtsilä, the new design offers fuel savings of up to 4 percent and highly reliable full scale ...

French electric marine drive specialist BlueNav is preparing to put a more natural spin in its lineup. The all-new Whale Design propeller features blades that follow the contours of a whale to improve ...

QinetiQ has recently completed sea trials of a new composite propeller in Falmouth Bay, UK. With a 2.9 metre diameter it is the world’s largest propeller. However, despite its immense proportions it ...

The Kiel University of Applied Sciences (HAW Kiel) has started a research project dedicated to a problem that research has been grappling with for almost 20 years: the low-frequency underwater sound ...

Building a large ship requires a massive amount of engineering work. Even the smallest parts require lots of time and effort to design and build. Case in point: the ship's propeller. The prop has to ...

Could the secret to transforming propeller design lie in the dimples of a golf ball? It might sound far-fetched, but the same aerodynamic principles that allow a golf ball to soar farther and faster ...

Built inside a submerged barge and hidden from public view for years, Sea Shadow was one of the strangest ships the U.S. Navy ...